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   by itisit 5y ago

   Actually TikTok is now the leader with teens. [0] And I don't believe the CCP would allow a sale to a US-based company, least of all Facebook/Meta. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/18/tiktok-usage-to
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   by itisit 5y ago

   The Volume is an impressive feat of cinema technology, but once you notice how the camera never goes long, everything is clearly shot within a small soundstage area. The new Star Wars series The Book of Boba Fett suffers from this limitat
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   by itisit 5y ago

   What prevents a bad actor from wailing into their phone for 15 seconds and making a submission?
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   by itisit 5y ago

   Wow...spot on! That was a fun read. I don’t think the scenario is that outlandish.
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   by itisit 5y ago

   This is basically the point I was trying to provoke. We forfeit a good bit of our privacy and autonomy with these technologies. Rather disgusting how convenience always wins.
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   by itisit 5y ago

   Where are the SLAs?
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   by itisit 5y ago

   The benefit, one day, is if you're a criminal whose face is detected, the car doors will lock, and you'll be driven directly to law enforcement who will be ready and waiting to apprehend you.
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   by itisit 5y ago

   Data is not short for anything. It's the plural of datum .
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   by itisit 5y ago

   > What's next? MS buying naughty dog? I doubt Sony would ever sell them. :)
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    by itisit 5y ago

    Not really an issue as far as AWS is concerned, as they view this as on the customer as per the company's Shared Responsibility Model. [0] If you don't know how to manage infrastructure, physical or virtual, perhaps it's time
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    by itisit 5y ago

    I have zero tolerance for a dynamic UI in a situation that doesn’t require it. Knowing how to do basic operations and what the state of the vehicle is should be, short of a recall, a one and done affair. Consistency/predictability and
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    by itisit 5y ago

    Quite the contrary, we didn't like waiting for image-heavy sites to load.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    And how about the turn-your-tv-sideways Thursday Afternoon laserdisc, the Oblique Strategies card deck, and the Windows 95 startup sound? He sure is eclectic!
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    by itisit 5y ago

    It’s not bizarre when you consider pizza as a vegetable. [0] [0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pizza-still-a-vegetable-for-u...
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    by itisit 5y ago

    Don’t worry, it’s not a spoiler. More like irrelevant internet fan theory. I’d enjoy the film free of this taint.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    > Is downtime an actual, business-killing problem in practice? Yes, if the business is an enterprise, unscheduled downtime can result in significant losses. It's why disaster recovery is a serious business.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    I think the vulgarity is very much in line with the subject matter.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    4) “Developers, developers, developers”
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    by itisit 5y ago

    I think UBI will be necessary at some point, but I'm not thrilled with the idea of millions of us spending all their waking hours on Netflix and DoorDash.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    > They don’t know what it is, where it came from, they just manifested it. I don't think this rationale is going to restore The Cosby Show 's syndication glory.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    > I'm not even sure radio altimeters are even used on many aircraft anymore. What misled you to think this? Radio altimeters are used throughout the aviation industry. Their ubiquity and criticality is the issue at hand. [0] [0] ht
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    by itisit 5y ago

    I’ve been blaming my laziness on cognitive load for years. Helps keep managers and nagging family members off my back. If you really want to see my mind unleashed, give me your contact info, I’ll get back to you.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    I bill NET 15 to protect myself, and it's served me well. A fair number of potential clients balk, preferring their usual NET 30 (or even longer), and if they don't come around, I wish them well and walk away from the opportunity.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    And other virologists share Montagnier’s assertion that the proverbial pangolins had nothing to do with this fiasco.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    I understand you may have had your challenges, but I completely disagree with that opinion based on my personal experience and from what I've witnessed of countless others.
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    by itisit 5y ago

    > And that's IMO the point of the article (partially) as well: as you grow old, you experience tragedies and they realign you. Then you start appreciating the human part of life (family and close friends) more. But you can't do
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    by itisit 5y ago

    I'd like not to work as much as the next person who doesn't, but I must say, anecdotally, that I've never met someone who retired early, be it from FIRE, investing, or inheritance, who is living what I'd consider a good
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    by itisit 5y ago

    Live streaming latency does not jibe well with sports. I’ve since learned to disable any push notifications that reveal what happened 30 seconds prior to my witnessing it. What can be done, at scale, to get us back to the “live” normally ex
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    by itisit 5y ago

    I’m in it for the money. After 20 some years in tech, I think I’ve got 4 years left in me of dealing with the pedantry required when working for someone else, particularly a corporation. Call it compartmentalization, apathy, professionalis
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    by itisit 5y ago

    Well said. So much of what they make is sheer drivel, all of it with that same sheen of value-oriented film/tv-making.